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Catalogs

Search the Law Library's collection of print and electronic resources here. The catalog also allows you to place holds, renew materials, and check your library account.

OneSearch is the main catalog for the University Libraries. You can find multidisciplinary books, ebooks, articles, journals, conference papers, databases, and many other resources here.

FirstSearch is a search interface for a database of more than 40,000 libraries in 100+ countries globally. If the William A. Wise Law Library and the University Libraries don't have the resource you're looking for, you will likely find it in FirstSearch and can get it via interlibrary loan.

Databases

The Law Library offers Law faculty, students, and staff more than 250 legal and other research databases. Search by subject, vendor, or database title.

The University Libraries offer members of the Law School access to more than 1500 additional, multidisciplinary databases. Search the University Libraries' databases by database title, keyword, type of resource, or subject.

Frequently Used Databases

Lexis+ is the latest legal research database from LexisNexis. Lexis+ offers access to all primary law sources and a wealth of secondary sources, analytics, and Lexis+AI. Use is restricted to students, faculty, and staff of the University of Colorado Law School.

Westlaw Precision is the most current research database from Thomson Reuters, offering access to a full suite of legal research sources, primary and secondary. ÌýUse is generally restricted to students, faculty, and staff of the University of Colorado Law School. However, the Law Library does provide public access to Westlaw on two (2) computers on the 2nd floor of the library.

Bloomberg Law is the legal research platform form the same company who that produces the Bloomberg terminals. The web-based database provides much of the same information as the terminals with more of a legal focus. Use is restricted to students, faculty, and staff of the University of Colorado Law School.

HeinOnline provides a vast number of legal resources, providing searchable scans of the original print version of current and historical materials. These materials include historical federal and state legal sources and entire runs of many law reviews and journals.

The Aspen Learning Library provides law students with digital access to a comprehensive collection of popular study aids, including series like Examples & Explanations (E&Es), Emanuel Law Outlines, and Glannon Guides. With features such as full-text search, note-taking, highlighting, and audio/video learning, it enhances understanding of complex legal concepts and prepares students for exams.

This digital collection of legal texts from LexisNexis includes the Understanding Series and Questions & Answers. For practical application, the database contains guides on Colorado Practice. Students will find audio materials particularly useful. Law students may create their own accounts on the Lexis platform in order to save highlights and notes within Lexis’ many titles.

West Academic provides digital access to a wide variety of study aids, including nutshells, case briefs, practice questions, audio/video lectures, and outlines for class preparation. Early in the semester, case summaries, the Concepts and Insights series, as well as the Concise Hornbook series are helpful. Mid-semester, you may find the Black Letter Law summaries, Gilbert law summaries and Quick Reviews as a way to engage with easy-to-understand outlines of the law. Late in the semester, you may use the Acing and Exam Pro series for exam preparation. For on-the-go study, the Law School Legends and Sum & Substance audio series are available. Features include advanced search, note-taking, and offline access.

Research Guides

Law librarian-curated guides for conducting research on a wide variety of subjects. Take a look at what our librarians recommend for finding information in different areas of law. Some of our most popular research guides include:

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University Libraries provides research guides on a wide variety of subject areas that may be of interest to students, faculty, and the public.

Digital Repository

The William A. Wise Law Library's digital repository hosts the Law School's scholarly output as well as collections digitized by the law library. Current collections include:

• Faculty Publications,
• Law Journals (Colorado Law Review, Colorado Environmental Law Journal, Colorado Technology Law Journal),
• Digitized Colorado primary law, and
• the Amicus.